THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER® LATIN AMERICA 3: TEAM LIDDELL VS. TEAM GRIFFIN FULL CAST REVEALED The third season of The Ultimate Fighter® Latin America will premiere starting the week of August 20 through UFC FIGHT PASS® in the US, on UFC Network® in all Latin America and afterwards it will be premiere on Televisa Channel 5 in Mexico, and additional Free-to-Air Networks in Latin America Team Liddell and Team Griffin composed of 16 lightweight Latin American fighters will challenge each other to find out who will be the Season 3 winner of The Ultimate Fighter® Latin America Buenos Aires, Argentina – The Ultimate Fighter® Latin America is officially back and has been filming its new series in Buenos Aires, Argentina…

UFC® HALL OF FAME TO INDUCT 2016 CLASS ON JULY 10 Las Vegas – UFC® today announced that it will induct its 2016 Hall of Fame class on Sunday, July 10, at the UFC Fan Expo® during the final day of the 5th Annual UFC International Fight Week™. The ceremony will begin at 12 p.m. PT on the main stage theater of the South Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The event will also be streamed live and available on-demand exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS®. The UFC Hall of Fame consists of four categories, which are: · Pioneer Era – Athletes who turned pro before November 17, 2000 (when unified rules of MMA were…

Las Vegas – UFC® today announced the renewal of its partnership with the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF). The extension secures the organization’s continued global commitment to actively support the safe practice and promotion of amateur mixed martial arts. “We are excited to provide our continued global support to IMMAF,” UFC Vice President of Government Relations and Corporate Communications Mike Britt said. “IMMAF has done a tremendous job of bridging the gap between amateur MMA organizations throughout the world while providing a universally integrated set of procedures and measures to keep athletes of all levels safe.” “IMMAF’s renewed partnership with UFC will not only strengthen the federation, but also further advance the mutual goal…

Conor McGregor is not retiring, as we figured. He’s upset, and rightly so. The loss to last minute opponent Nate Diaz on UFC’s biggest stage would damage even the strongest person’s ego. After a couple days of tongues wagging, the Notorious one emerged from the shadows and broke his silence regarding his impromptu “retirement” on twitter. Below is his statement in it’s entirety courtesy of his personal FB page. ***** Conor McGregor UFC 196 pre presser v1“I am just trying to do my job and fight here. I am paid to fight. I am not yet paid to promote. I have become lost in the game of promotion and forgot about the art of fighting….

Social media went into a frenzy when UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor made an impromptu “retirement” announcement on twitter Tuesday morning. Whether or not the retirement announcement is true remains to be seen but what is certain is McGregor won’t be fighting at UFC 200. Appearing on ESPN’s SportsCenter, UFC president Dana White said McGregor had been pulled from the card after refusing to travel to Las Vegas to appear at the press conference and film commercials and marketing spots. McGregor is reportedly in Iceland training, presumably for the Diaz rematch, and didn’t want to break camp to travel to the Sin City.

Conor “the Notorious MMA” McGregor sure knows how to get the tongues wagging. On Tuesday, McGregor tweeted he is ready to hang it all up. Sorry Conor, we don’t believe you, you need more people. Well actually you don’t need more people but we don’t believe you are retiring. Until proven otherwise, talks are still underway to rematch McGregor against Nate Diaz at UFC 200. While we wait, enjoy this video from the press conference in Los Angeles ahead of the first McGregor vs Diaz bout.

Las Vegas – UFC® today announced that the 5th Annual UFC International Fight Week™, the world’s largest celebration of combat sports, will be capped off by the third and final day of UFC Fan Expo® at the Las Vegas Convention Center. UFC International Fight Week will take place from Tuesday, July 5 – Sunday, July 10. UFC International Fight Week will also feature three events in three nights, headlined by the landmark UFC 200®: DIAZ vs. McGREGOR 2 on Saturday, July 9 at T-Mobile Arena. The trio of events begins on Thursday, July 7, with a matchup for the world lightweight championship, with UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: DOS ANJOS vs. ALVAREZ, at MGM Grand Garden Arena…

Las Vegas – There will be no shortage of animosity when UFC® returns to Southern California on Saturday, June 4, with two world titles on the line at the “Fabulous” Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Middleweight champion Luke Rockhold defends his title for the first time against rival and former champion Chris Weidman in the main event of UFC® 199: ROCKHOLD vs. WEIDMAN 2. The co-main event features the heated finale to the trilogy between bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and longtime nemesis Urijah Faber, as they meet in a 135-pound title showdown. Rockhold (15-2, fighting out of Santa Cruz, Calif.) is the first and only person to defeat Weidman (13-1, fighting out of Baldwin, N.Y.) in…

Las Vegas – The search for the next UFC® title contender will unfold on season 24 of The Ultimate Fighter® as 16 flyweight competitors will compete for a shot at the 125-pound world championship, with the winner to face the UFC flyweight champion at The Ultimate Fighter Finale in December. Tryouts are scheduled for Monday, April 25 in Las Vegas at Palace Station and are open to all competitors aged 21-34 with at least three professional fights and a winning record. The next season of The Ultimate Fighter will begin filming in June and will premiere on FS1 on Wednesday, August 31. World class coaches, guest coaches, and former opponents of the current champion will…